Licensing Options

National Instruments provides different licensing options to meet your needs, from application development to system deployment. National Instruments offers named-user licenses for development purposes, and computer-based licenses for debug and deployment purposes. Understanding these options helps you efficiently manage your software assets and get the most out of your investment.

Development License

You can use the development licenses for creating new applications and programs. National Instruments development licenses follow a named-user or computer-based licensing policy. A named-user license is tied to an individual user who can install the software on up to three business computers at any given time, in addition to a single home computer. The software may be executing on only one computer at a time. A computer-based license is tied to a single business computer with single or multiple users and a single home computer. You can transfer the software between computers by first uninstalling it from the original computer.

Development License Options

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Tracking Mechanism

Named-User License

License tied to a single user

Software may be installed on three business computers at any given time

Debug License

A debug license for a particular software product provides the permission to install that software on one computer. You may use the software only to fix issues on an application or system that has already been created with a development license. You typically use debug licenses when you have deployed an application and you need to periodically resolve issues with the code.

Deployment License

A deployment license is required for distributing applications developed using a particular software product. You must purchase one deployment license for each target computer on which the application will run.